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viva europa

the mantra

It has been more than a year since I left Europe, and I have realized that I have lost most my European sensibilities to the gritty city of LA, which is a very desolate situation indeed.

As a result, blockbuster superhero flicks, big-box mega stores and greasy cheddar slammed between stale tortillas has replaced my former penchant for meaningful films, bustling farmers markets and brief but life-altering encounters with a really great sliver of formage.

The realization that I myself have become boring and over-processed has spurred my desire for the slower, fresher and yes, romanticized lifestyle that in many ways defined my life abroad.